The POYi Archive
The POYi Archive contains more than 38,000 photographs recognized as the best in photojournalism since 1944. The collection is a six-decade historical visual resource for many academic disciplines including history, the arts, anthropology, political science, journalism, and the social sciences. The archive database is accessible online for public education and research for class projects on history, culture, and lifestyle trends. Pictures of the Year International Archive depicts a range of topics of historical and social significance from the flag-raising at Iwo Jima to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Famous photographs in the collection are: Robert Jackson’s 1963 photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald as he is shot by Jack Ruby, Eddie Adams’ 1968 photograph of a Viet Cong prisoner being executed in the streets of Saigon, the 1948 photo of a victorious Harry Truman holding a newspaper that ironically reads “Dewey Defeats Truman.” Eisenhower receiving news that General MacArthur has been relieved of his command. Ellis Island immigrants. John F. Kennedy, Jr. saluting his father’s casket. The assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. Student confrontations in the ‘60s. Segregation in the South. Classic images of the space program. The POYi Archive is a visual record that is unprecedented. The online images are presented as low-resolution photographs to respect the copyrights of the original photographers and/or news organizations. Individuals or organizations interested in republishing any of the images displayed on the POYi Archive website are urged to contact either the original photographer or the news organization.
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